The "jeu parti", or "débat", a debate on love between two poets; the alba, or morning song, in which lovers are warned by a night watchman that day approaches and that the jealous husband may at any time surprise them...

1. (1006) double jeopardy... double jeopardy, in law, protection against the use by the stateof certain multiple forms of prosecution...... In general (in countries observing the rule of double jeopardy), aperson cannot be convicted twice for the same crime based on the sameconduct...... The defense of double jeopardy also prevents the state fromretrying a person for the same crime after he has been acquitted...

2. (1004) Criminal Law: Principles of criminal law: SUBSTANTIVECRIMINAL LAW: The definition of criminal conduct.... Protection against double jeopardy...... In Anglo-American law the most difficult problems of doublejeopardy involve the question of whether the second prosecution is forthe "same" or a "different" offense...

3. (1004) Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan... 319 (1937), a criminal case involving a claim of double jeopardy,he held that the Fourteenth Amendment (1868) to the Constitutionimposed on the states only those provisions of the Bill of Rights (thefirst 10 amendments, 1791) that were "of the very essence of a schemeof ordered liberty...... Maryland), which held that the rule against double jeopardy was sofundamental to justice as to be a requirement of due process of law...

4. (1002) Criminal Law... Protection against double jeopardy...

5. (1002) Procedural Law: Criminal procedure: POST-CONVICTION PROCEDURE... This is due to a strict interpretation of the concept of doublejeopardy, which forbids a defendant to be tried twice for the sameact...

6. (1002) Procedural Law: Conflict of laws: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINALLAW: Foreign judgments.... In this way the double jeopardy rules of many national laws,barring a second proceeding on the same facts, is extended to theinternational level...

7. (1002) The Theory and Conduct of War: THE INSTITUTION OF WAR:Military law: JURISDICTION: Offenses against military law.... All countries have rules to prevent the double jeopardy of anoffender being punished for one act by both civil and militaryjurisdiction...

8. (1002) accused, rights of..., cross-examine) his accusers, as well as freedom from unreasonablesearches and seizures and freedom from double jeopardy...

10. (1002) criminal law... Criminal law usually precludes the trial of a person a second timefor the same offense (double jeopardy) and contains statutes oflimitations--that is, limits for the period during which charges maybe made...19 Items found in 'Articles' for 'jeopardize', showing 10 . [Show ALL]

1. (1) China: HISTORY: The People's Republic of China: THECULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-76: Consequences of the Cultural Revolution. ... Officials at all levels of the political system had learnedthat future shifts in policy would jeopardize those who hadaggressively implemented previous policy...

3. (1) Hungary: Physical and human geography: THE ECONOMY ... The state intervenes with financial assistance only if theclosure of an enterprise would affect a large number of workers or ifit would jeopardize national security...

4. (1) Protestantism: THE PROTESTANT HERITAGE: Teaching, worship,and organization: COMMON PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF THE MAGISTERIALREFORMERS AND THEIR SUCCESSORS: The ongoing reformation of the church. ... While most of the Reformers, once established, tended toresist extensions of reformation that would jeopardize their statusand definition, almost all Protestants, at least nominally, assentedto the idea that ecclesia reformata semper reformanda--i...

5. (1) China: HISTORY: The People's Republic of China:ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC: Readjustment and reaction,1961-65. ... 16, 1964) affected the debate by appearing to support Mao'scontention that domestic revolutionization would in no way jeopardizelong-term power aspirations and defense capabilities...

6. (1) Frederick the Great: Domestic policies.: Army and the state. ... In 1749 and 1764 he issued decrees limiting the obligations ofthe peasant to his lord, and in 1748 he ordered officers not to treattheir men "like serfs"; but these were essentially efforts to preventthe plight of the peasant from becoming so desperate that he would bedriven into flight and thus jeopardize the supply of recruits...

7. (1) Reproduction and Reproductive Systems: HUMAN REPRODUCTIONFROM CONCEPTION TO BIRTH: Parturition: the process of birth: OPERATIVEOBSTETRICS ... If an expeditious delivery is desired to reduce maternalstress, especially if the woman suffers from conditions such as heartdisease, acute pulmonary edema, or certain neurological conditions orif exhaustion or a prolonged second stage of labour jeopardize asuccessful vaginal delivery, forceps may be employed...

8. (1) Italy: HISTORY: Italy, 962-1300: THE AGE OF THEHOHENSTAUFEN: Frederick II. ... This dramatic reversal on the part of the pope and his seemingwillingness to jeopardize what most historians have viewed as thepapal position in Italy has raised serious questions...

9. (1) Insurance: Kinds of insurance: LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE:Group insurance. ... The insurer tends to be liberal on claims settlement becausethe typical premium under a group plan is large enough for the insurerto be unwilling to jeopardize the good will of the clientele throughmiserly claims treatment...

10. (1) The Crusades: The crusading movement and the first fourCrusades: THE FOURTH CRUSADE AND THE LATIN EMPIRE OF CONSTANTINOPLE ... Reluctant to jeopardize the Crusade, Innocent gave conditionalabsolution to the crusaders--not, however, to the Venetians...